Which to use
“guides” is a noun and “gutes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,409
- “guides” frequency rank
- #793
- “gutes” frequency rank
- 40202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guides | gutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs guide | Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs gut |
Letter map: guides vs gutes
Shared letters muted; letters that set guides and gutes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. guides runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against gutes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: guides vs gutes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guides is anoun and gutesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guides is recorded at frequency rank #39,409, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. gutes is at rank #793, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɡuːtəs].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40202, this pair ranks #1,515,224 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of guides vs gutes
Shared letters: egsu. Private to "guides": di. Private to "gutes": t.
"guides" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "gutes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guides" and "gutes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "guides" or "gutes" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guides" and "gutes".
- Full dictionary entry for "guides" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,515,224 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guides" and "gutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guides vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,515,224 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.